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Amiri Baraka papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0699
Abstract

Amiri Baraka (1934-2014), known early in his career as LeRoi Jones, was a widely published African American writer who produced poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. Much of Baraka’s work addressed the subjects of Black liberation and white racism. The Amiri Baraka papers comprise the author’s writings, sketchbooks, and artwork, as well as correspondence and ephemera related to his involvement in theatrical and film productions.

Dates: circa 1965-2006

Fleda Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0800
Abstract

Fleda Brown (born 1944) is an American poet, scholar, and educator, and was poet laureate for the state of Delaware from 2001-2007. The Fleda Brown papers, spanning circa 1950-2014 (bulk 1963-2014), comprise early works, poem drafts and notes, journals, correspondence, and materials related to Brown’s professional life as a poet and professor of English at the University of Delaware.

Dates: 1950-2014; Majority of material found within 1963-2014

John Digby papers supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0569s
Abstract British-born poet and collagist John Digby (born 1938) immigrated to the United States in 1978 and lives on Long Island with his wife Joan Digby, whose creative work is also represented in this collection. The John Digby papers supplement reflects Digby's prolific artistic and literary career, Joan Digby's creative and professional work, and their collaboration as editors and contributors to their imprint, The Feral Press, between 2002-2016. The Digbys published nearly 100 authors and...
Dates: circa 1860-2016

Edward Dorn letters and poems

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0823
Abstract

Three letters and four poems written by American poet Edward Dorn.

Dates: 1959-1968

Larry Eigner letters and poems

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0824
Abstract

One typed card, one typed letter, and fifteen typed poems written by American poet Larry Eigner.

Dates: 1960-1978; Majority of material found within 1973-1976

The Naomi Poems : autograph notebook

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0770
Abstract

One spiral notebook containing 36 pages of handwritten poems written by Bill Knott and published as the The Naomi Poems, in 1968.

Dates: 1968

Muriel Rukeyser letters to David Posner

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0833
Abstract

This small collection of letters and miscellaneous items from American poet Muriel Rukeyser to David Posner reflects their shared interests in poetry and spans the dates of 1942 to 1944.

Dates: 1942-1944

Poetry and the social : poem

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0749
Abstract

A holograph poem, Poetry and the Social, written by John Wieners in a volume of poetry by Edgar Allen Poe.

Dates: undated

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